Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-10-06
CRIMES And CASUALTIES.

The attorneys for the condemned anar-
chists have begl the prepara ioa of a petit
tion to the supreme court of t UAited
States for writ of error. Cat Black and
Mr. Solomon are working on the copy of the
record in the states attorney Office, villa
the cl rk of the court at Ottawa is, with TIE
aid OF many type-w.iers, pEepar ng a ira g.
or. pit of the record there.
Three men and two boys were sn ffocate
and thirteen others oyercone by gas in the
Best CO. lierv, at ASH! nj, Pa. A pillar ave
way, bringing with it the gas The men in
the noighboring breast heard tho tremendous
rush of air and escaped by fl cling to the bot
TO n o. the slope. 1t is feal ed that some of
those overcome by gas II die.
Tie c gine in the coffee AMI spice houso
o. Tyoh'ssn & Lea d, of Lincoln, N,h, ex-
loded, breaking 10 of Mr.. Lelana'y legs
an sc Il ,ly injuring Harry Hoyle, to en-
,incer. Ihs lat or wa, scorchad about the
facea d hands and forced 10 breathe the
burning gas The cause of the explosion was
that the exliaus valve in the engine became
gummed up and refused to work, which
forced the gas back mo the air reservoir,
i niting i, which blew he engine to pieces
"A man named James II. McGindley, ala !,
James Harvey j. H. Ma, tin, [. CARPENTER
and II. B. Mason, was arre.ted at Cleveland
O., by COVE nmcnt officers. For nineteen
years he has been robbing the government by
collecting pensions for soldiers widows who
were dead.
One of The worst wrecks which ever oc-
CURED on the Mobile and Ohio railroad hap
pened abou, Two miles south of Jackson,
Tenn. An entire passen or ira IL except the
engine, WAS hurled from the rest'e while run
ming forty-tive miles an hour. Over thirty
persons were injured though by wnat seems
almost miracle none were killed The
coaches were thrown forty feet from the
track, and some turned completely over. The
scene was almost indescribab!e, women and
children screaming for releas, from the
closed cars All were rescued, however, aud
immediate attention given. OF the injured
four or five may die ten others are IN Sc
rous condition. and the remainder are only
slightly wounded
Della Houck, an innocent looking glrl l5
years of age, lefa Jerse City to join friends
at Ludden, D. I. While on The Grand Trunk
train between Windsor and Chicago she met
John Shannon, the train news-dealer who
was very friendly" an VINO completely
won over the unsophis isticated girl by his bold
ness. Della had but $i0 left when the train
reached Chicago, and Shannon promised to
secure her a ticket TO her destination for this
amount Shannon took her to State street
hotel and told her to wait while he went to
SEQ about the ticket Returning soon after he
reported the ticket Office closed He took her
to a room in the hotel, assaulted and robbed
her of her $40 and left Tho girl managed to
get back to the Grand Trunk, where she told
her story TO the officers, who took care Of her
and arrested Shannon, who is held to the
criminal cour
"A game of cards for quart Of whisky
was played at Blue Ridge, Texas, and "Bud"
Scrivener and Ben Eakler were killed with
knives. The stakes had fortunately been
drank before the knives were dealt